adj
Meaning 1
Showing deference; deferential.
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Standard Lemma guide
deferent
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adj
Meaning 2
Serving to carry; bearing.
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Usage: not-comparable, obsolete
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noun
Meaning 3
A duct in the body serving to carry away from, as opposed to an afferent one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
An imaginary circle surrounding the Earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the centre of the heavenly body's epicycle was supposed to be carried round.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Qualifier: Ptolemaic astronomy
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noun
Meaning 5
That which carries or conveys.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
showing deference
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: deferential, regardful
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History
Etymology
From defer and deference; see -ent.
From Middle English defferent, from Middle French deferent (modern French déférent) or its etymon Latin dēferēns, dēferentis.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: почти́телен (počtítelen) — showing deference
- Persian: باادب (bâadab) — showing deference
- Russian: почти́тельный (počtítelʹnyj) — showing deference
- Spanish: deferente — showing deference
- Tagalog: masunurin — showing deference